Capital Region snowstorm, Jan. 12

January 12, 2011

John Carl D'Annibale

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A wrecker winches a tractor trailer at the Northway ramp from the state Thruway on Wednesday in Albany. At 10:30 a.m. the truck driver tried unsuccessfully to head from Exit 24 of the state Thruway up the snow-covered northbound ramp onto the Northway. The East Penn Manufacuturing truck, fully laden with car batteries, slid down an embankment, taking out over 30 feet of guiderail and dumping 150 gallons of diesel fuel into the median between the ramp and I-90. The fuel spilled from the damaged saddle fuel tanks, but the truck managed to stay upright. Driver Steven Yenik, 38, of Whitehall, Pa., was ticketed on a charge of imprudent speed by Trooper Jason Meyer. The state Department of Environmental Conservation supervised cleanup, done by Clean Harbor. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union)

A wrecker winches a tractor trailer at the Northway ramp from the state Thruway on Wednesday in Albany. At 10:30 a.m. the truck driver tried unsuccessfully to head from Exit 24 of the state Thruway up the snow-covered northbound ramp onto the Northway. The East Penn Manufacuturing truck, fully laden with car batteries, slid down an embankment, taking out over 30 feet of guiderail and dumping 150 gallons of diesel fuel into the median between the ramp and I-90. The fuel spilled from the damaged saddle fuel tanks, but the truck managed to stay upright. Driver Steven Yenik, 38, of Whitehall, Pa., was ticketed on a charge of imprudent speed by Trooper Jason Meyer. The state Department of Environmental Conservation supervised cleanup, done by Clean Harbor. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union)